Locker latch



July 17, 1928.4'l

A. F. For-:HRENB'ACH LQCKER LA TGH y 2. Sheets-Sheet Filed Aug. 1,' 1927 July 17, 192s.v

A. F. FoEHRENBAcl-i LOCKER LATCH l Filed Aug.1, 1927 2 sheets-sheet 2` 20, anism;

atenta .my 17,1928.- 1,677,278 UNITED STATES. PATENT oF-Fics'.

ARTHUR F. FOEHRENBACII, OF CANTON, OHIO, SSIGNOR TO THE BERGER MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

Locken LATcm i Application-filed August 1, 1927. Serial No. 209,811.

I'his invention has for its object the probe described. Referring more particularly vision of a latching mechanism for a locker to the drawinff the locker consists of a or other enclosure which will be simple in sheet` met-al bo y 1, and a door 2 hinged operation, sturdy in construction, permit4 ofA thereon. The door 2 is formed at one of lits 6 Veasy assembly, and present withal a neat side edgeswith a tubular reinforcement or 60 and attractive appearance. housing 3, closed at the top. byrthe door Another object of the invention is to proiiange 4 and open at the bottom as indicated vide a locker' door having a tubular forxnabythe numeralI 5, to facilitate insertion and tion 'at the edge thereof, which formation Iremoval of the latching bar. The housing l() serves not only to reinforce the locker door, 3 has vertically'disposed slots 6 at the rear 65 but at'the same time provides a housing forthereof, and vertically disposed slots 7 at parts of thelatching mechanism. v the front thereof. The slots 6-serve a pur- These and other objects will become more pose to be presently described, while the readily apparent in the course of the followslots 7. serve to .receive parts of the handle. l ing 4description of one embodiment of the The handleis formed bybending a strip 8 7U finvention, taken in connection with the acvto a U-shape and providing) tenoned portions companying drawings, wherein 9 at the ends thereof. Tiese tenoned por- Fig. 1 is a front elevationof a 'locker in tions are forced into mortised portions of which is embodied the novel latchingmechthe flat strip 10, as shown in Fig. 5, and

' are adapted to enter the slots 7 in the hous- 75 Fig. 2 isa cross-section through the door lng after the latching 'Y bar has' been as- `and adjacent portions of the locker, taken sembled. on the line 22 of Fig; 1; i The locker body` 1 is also provided-with-- Fig, 3 is a cross-section through the tubu: a vertically extending janib plate 1l,v U- 25 lar housing and the latching bar therein, shaped in cross-section, and having keepers 80 taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; 12 riveted or otherwise secured thereto at Fig. 4 is an exploded view of a portion of spaced intervals thereon. The keepers l12 the latching bar, showing one ofthe hooks. are formed with laterally extending por- `with its cooperatingkeeper; tions.13, having vertically disposed slots 14 Y v Fig. 5 is an exploded view of the vhandle therein, whichy are in registration with the l85 and a portion of the housing which is slots..6 in the housing 3 when the door oca'dapted to receive tenoned portions of the cupies its closed position, as shown in Figs, handle; i 2 and 3. v Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section through The latching bar, designated hereinafter" the lower end ofthe housing, showing the as a unit by the numeral 15, consists of two 90 manner in which the two parts of the latchparts, namely, a flat bar 16 and a backing ing bar are 'connected together after assembar 17, channel-shaped in cross-section. bling.l The flatbar 16 has hooks 18 secured therein In lockers of the type herein described, at spaced intervals, but if desired, these 40 it has been proposed /to enclose va latchf hooks may be struck up from the bar itself 95 ing bar having hooks thereon, in a tubuin a well-known manner. 'The hooks are lar housing, the hooks being integralV with formed with a sloping lower edge 19. The the bar, and the combined depth of the backing bar 17 has vertically disposed slots bar and the hooks being suchas to necessi- 2() therein, which are also adapted to receive tate formin the housing around the latchthe tenoned portions 9 of the handle. l ing bai". T is operation is so difficult and In assembling the latching bar, the flat costly as to be entirely impractical from a bar 16 is first inserted through the opening commercial standpoint. To remove the bag' 5 at the lower end of the housing v3, and is for repairs or for th s purpose of inserting pushed up into the -housing until thehooks anew bar would necessitate prying open the 18 thereon are opposite the slots l6. The 105 housing, and such an operation would bar is then permitted to fall against'that amount to a virtual destruction of the locker face'v -of the housing Awhich has the yslots 6 door. I therein, so that the hooks will project from The present invention overcomes .these the housing through these slot s. The backal diiculties in a novel manner, vas .will now ing bar 17 is then pushedup into the hous- 110 li the oening' 5 until its lower end is'flu with t e lower end of the fiat n bar, andthe ltwoba'rs are then connected todepth of the housing, and that the combined gether, as by meansl of a bolt'21 and nut 22, the bolt being inserted through iin open'- ing 23 in the: lower end of the housing, as

clearly shown in Fig. 6. It should be noted that the total depth of tliefiat bar and the hooks secured therein, 'does not exceed the depth of the flat bar and t-lie backing bar is approximately e ual to the depth of the housing, so that t elatcliing` bar has a sliding` lit in the housing.. Y A

. behandle is hen mounted o n the door in the following man-ner:

- andthe latching' barl -the lower end Aof the up rtenoned The iiidex linger of oiie.hand is inserted through the opening 5 at the bottom of the housing 3, until it contacts withy the lower end of the latch'ing bar 15. The bar is then pushed upwardly until the slots in the acking bar register with the slots 7 in the housing. The handle is then moved for'- ward with the other hand in direction indi-y cated by the arrowsin Fig. 5, whereupon the tenoned portions 9 will enter the slots 7 and l 'slots 20, yand the ilatstrip 10 of the handle will'contact thehousing. The finger of the ,hand is then removed from the Vopening 5,

15 will fall and'secuely lock theV handle against outward movement, 'as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

In order to prevent any relative movement between the handle and the latching bar, so

as 'to avoid accidental displacement of thek handle from the door', the backing bar is provided w.th a flatl spring 24 which'abuts rtion 9 of the handle, after t e latchng 'ar has fallen to' engage said tenoned portion.

Theeoperation of the latching mechanismA is briedy as follows:

lwherein said latching along one edge thereof and open at When the door `is closed, the sloping edges` in a door housing, osltiored -in the housing and having an u arly projecting hooks adapted to pro]e ct through slots iii said housing,l and means insertable through the open end in said housing after said member-is positioned in the housing,.

said means cooperating vwith said latching member whereby to maintain it in operative position in the housing. 7

2. The structure defined in claim 1,

bar.

member includes a flat v 3. In a latch ,for lockers havin a door provided with a tubular rein orcement one end,

a latching member having hooks projecting at right angles therefrom, adapted to be' mounted in said tubular reinforcement, and

4insertable through the open end thereof,and

a backing bar insertable through the' open end of the reinforcement a'fter the latching l bar is in position, and. adaptedto lie adjacent the latching member, and, coactin therewith to maintain it in operative position.

In testimony `whereof I ailx" my signa. ture. v

ARTHUR F. FOEHRENBACH. 

